Signed up 50A Got to ride with a bunch of really fast guys.Even a few past National champs Had a great time View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UCMXeX2oY
Nice VIDDY!! John that's the issue I have with 50A status....ex pros are are perfectly within their rights to sign as 50A (40A too), thats a tuff one for us ammie to A guys, the speed difference is ....well alot, Ive had LR (legally a 50A rider) pass/lap me at various events for one example. And you lined up with former Nat pros.... (but thats also the cool factor of the expert class, and if they fall or DNF you can claim victory over a "name" rider.). Truth is when's the last time your stick and ball fans got to take the field with some of their sports heros in actual competition???
I was just talking about entering these ISDE's with a buddy this morning and how we thought moving to older classes would make results EZer, no way. Makes it much harder as all that is left in the 40/50 EX classes are the older tough ex pros. Also being 48 puts me at the old end of the 40ex class making it even more of an uphill battle. Does not matter for me as I race for fun but the fact remains the older A / Ex classes are harder and faster the older you get. Just weeds out the slower guys.
next time go faster jon or instead of cherring and waiving you on like a maniac im tossing mud clodds at you! hahahaha braaap mreeep!
yep to motosportz and ajax, 40+ open, 50+ open and in our local 2013 BORCS series 45+ open, alot of smaller race clubs have no skill level breakdown in the vet/sen/ssen classes at all they cant because of the smaller amount of entries. In the Nat game I'm a very competitive podium contender in the B class (Int), I made my own own bed to start 13 as an A and step up with all you big dogs. And yes the whole thing is about having fun and finishing but most of all about participating and being challenged by the course.
That looks like too much fun John. Wish I could have been there to watch and dream of years gone by. Definitely the hard part about the older classes is that you think you might have a chance but what really happens is all those guys you couldn't beat when you were young you still can't beat now that you are old. Having fun is the key!
Great riding and that track looks cool ...Downhills might be a little hairy but all that sand looks like a soft landing if ya go down ... I'm sure you know that fast in early yrs of riding normally means fast in the later yrs also ..And vise-versa ... -- Thanks for posting riding on a legendary track most of us will never see or ride on ...
